DAVAO CITY—The Duterte administration’s priority initiatives under its 10-point socioeconomic agenda to significantly cut poverty incidence over the next five years and make high growth not only sustainable but also…
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has assured members of the American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AmCham) that the Duterte administration will continue to make the Philippines an attractive place…
The business community has no reason to be nervous or scared under the new government because President Duterte is the “ultimate pragmatist” and “fierce nationalist” who, while genuinely caring for…
Indigent elderly citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) prefer to get direct transfer in the form of social pensions or a health package rather than being exempted from paying the…
Some 300 from the national government, local government units (LGUs), the country’s development partners, civil society and other sectors are expected to gather in Davao City next week to take…
The procurement of over two dozen Japanese ships and high-speed boats—topped by two largescale vessels whose acquisition were sealed during President Duterte’s just-concluded official visit to Tokyo—would significantly shore up…
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has welcomed the decline in poverty incidence to 21.6 percent, saying this is the cue for the government to “work doubly hard” on its 10-point…
It is a “fallacy” to believe that the proposed expansion of the value-added tax (VAT) base and adjustments to the excise tax on petroleum products under the proposed comprehensive tax…
TOKYO—Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said here that the Philippines is “not turning its back on anybody” and just wants to “make more friends” in the ecoomic field as the…
President Duterte wants to unlock over P74 billion in Coconut Levy funds for the benefit of coconut farmers and their families, and believes that new legislation is needed for the…
